Instrument board for stoves



Feb. i4, 1939.

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INSTRUMENT BOARD FOR STOVES 2 sheets-sheet' 1 Filed Feb. 3, 1936 M5272 @Se @s Feb. 14, 1939. Y JI c. means p 2,147,382

Y msTnuEN'r BOARD Fon s'rovs Filed Feb.' s, 1956 2 sheets-sheet 2' nl M Mew Patented Feb. 14, 1939 `M'ED STATES INSTRUMENT BOARD' FOR STOVES John C. Rogers, Cicero, Ill., assignor to Crown Stove Works, Cicero, lll., a corporation of Illinois Application February 3, 1936, Serial No. 62,125

3 Claims.

sories with which modern stove's and ranges are equipped. Modern cooking stoves andranges usually have a low wall or so-called fence on the rear e`dgeof the stove top. It is very desirable to permanently mount, the several manual controls,

such as heat indicators, heat regulators, timers, lamps and other instruments on this fence where they are in full sight, within easy reach, andare unaffected by the heat oi' the burners.v Some stoves are equipped with a single instrument, such as an oven heat regulator, a clock controland indicator which is set to determine the time oi starting the heat and its duration oi' application, 2 an automatic gas shut-ofi.' that prevents overcooking or burning, etc. Others are equipped with two such devices, and still others with three or more. This has required a special instrument' board or fence for each stove to fit each customers order.

It' has heretofore been known in the art oi! instrument boards for automobiles to form an opening in the instrument board, and to mount insuch opening a detachable panel carrying a 0 number of indicating and control instruments. One object ofthe present invention has been to simplify the construction and reduce the cost of stoves and ranges by applying this broad principle in the manufacture of stoves and ranges, which would permit the use of a single standard instrument board or fence for all stoves and ranges oi' a given width, the differences in the number and kinds oi' instruments called for by different customers orders being taken'care of by the panel equipment.,

Other objects of the invention are to provide, in association with a panel plate for use on which:-

Flg. 1 is a iront elevation of an illustrative embodiment ci the improvement. l

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line E-i oi Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged iront elevation oi the panel plate showing three control instruments' thereon.

Fig. iris an enlarged rear elevation of the par-ts appearing in Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5- 5 of 5 Fig. 4.

Figs. 6 and 'I are enlarged horizontal sections Referring to the drawings, I0 designates the top of a cooking stove or range, on the rear edge of 10 which is mounted the low rear wall or tence i I hereinabove mentioned. As best shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the fence I I is formed with a countersunk opening preferably centrally thereof, bordered by a marginal seat I2 whichreceives a flat pref- 15 erably cast metal panel plate I3, said panel lying substantially in the vertical plane oi the fence I I.

In the upper portion of the panel I3 is an opening Il which, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 4, is of square form with roundedv corners, 20 and through this opening extends the face portion I5 of an electric clock. The body or barrel portion I6 of the clock abuts against the rear side of the panel I3, as shown in Fig. 4, and is secured in place by means hereinafter described. 28 The face portion ci' the clock I5 includes the usual dial face and second, minute and hour hands, and associated therewith is a rotatable timer disc I'I graduated in minutes, which disc may be manually set, as by a knob I8 geared thereto to indicate 30 a cooking period of any desired number of mlnutes, at the expiration oi which a bell or other signal is sounded to indicate to the cook that the proper cooking period has elapsed. Another knob I9 is geared to the clock train to set the hands 35 of the clock. Electric clocks of this type are a well known article, and hence iur-ther illustration and description thereof is not deemed necessary.

Below and to either side oi the opening I4 are o round openings 2li and 2i bordered on the'front side of the panel by protuberant rims 22 and 23 respectively. Projecting through the opening 20 is an oven heat regulator 24, the face of which is suitably calibrated in degrees of heat. The 45 casing 25 of this regulator is mounted on an inverted vU-shaped pipe tting 26 (Fig. 4) in turn supported on a pair of pipes 2l and 28, one of which communicateswith the gas manifold and the other with the oven burner. in the casing 25 o@ is a valve manipulated by a knob 29 on the face of the regulator, which controls the amount oi.'l gas iiowing to the burner.

Through the hole 2i projects an electric socket member 30 having fast on its rear end behind the tu panel I3 a double ended socket 3| adapted to receive the plug 32 of a lead 33 extending into the electric clock, and also a plug 34 of a lead 35 that leads to an electric lamp 36. This lamp 36 is mounted in a hood 31 in turn mounted on the upper end of a standard 38. As shown in Fig. 5, the standard 38 is formed with a crimp or offset 39 that rests on the top edge of the fence II and below said clamp or offset 39 are a pair of depending legs 40 that, as shown in Fig. 4, straddle the upper portion of the clock barrel I6. The legs 40 are slotted on their inner edges as shown at 4I in Figs. 4 and 6, and these slotted portions lie in contact with low tapped bosses 42 on the rear face of the panel I3. Screws 43 extend through the slots 4I and into the tapped holes of the bosses 42, thereby securely clamping the standard 38 on the panel I3.

Referring to Figs. 2, 4 and '1, 44 designates a U-shaped bar that extends across the rear end of the barrel I6 and at its ends is secured to the lower ends of the legs 40 by machine screws 45 and nuts 46; the bar 44 manifestly securely locking the clock barrel in place.

As shown in Fig. 4, the socket member 3I may be attached to the rear of the panel I3 by a screw 41 extending through an apertured lug 48 on the socket 3| into a tapped hole in the rear of the panel. The socket member 30 on the front face of the panel has been designed for supplying current to a toaster or similar article. The panel I3 is preferably provided on its front with a small panel or' plaque 49 which may carry the manufact'urers name, or the stove number, or other data.

The specific structural details herein shown and described may be varied within the spirit and purview o! the invention as dened in the following claims.

I claim:

1. An instrument board for stoves, comprising a substantially flat vertical fence adapted to be mounted on the rear edge portion of the stove top and formed with an opening and a countersunk panel seat bordering said opening, an instrument panel of a size and shape to fit said seat and lie substantially in the plane of said fence, means for detachably fastening said panel on said seat, a standard detachably secured to the said panel and extending above said fence and carrying a hood overhanging the stove top and a lamp in said hood.

2. An instrument board for stoves, comprising a substantially at vertical fence adapted to be mounted on the rear edge portion of the stove top and formed with an opening and a countersunk panel seat bordering said opening, an instrument panel of a size and shape to fit said seat and lie substantially in the plane of said fence, said panel having an opening, means for detachably fastening said panel on said seat, an electric clock having a face portion occupying said last named opening and a barrel lying against the rear side of said panel, a standard detachably secured to the rear side of said panel and extending above said fence and carrying a hood overhanging the stove top and an electric lamp in said hood, said standard having a pair of depending legs straddling said barrel, a clamp bar extending across the rear end of said barrel and at its ends attached to said legs, an electric switch mounted on said panel, and leads from said switch to said clock and said lamp.

3. An instrument board for stoves, comprising a substantially at vertical fence adapted to be mounted on an edge portion of a stove top and formed in its front side with a panel seat, an instrument panel of a size and shape to fit said seat, said panel having an opening, means for detachably fastening said panel on said seat, an electric clock and an electric lamp for illuminating said clock both mounted on said panel and an electric socket member serving said clock and lamp mounted on the rear side of said panel and projecting through said opening.

JOHN- C. ROGERS. 

